Our Evidence Briefs outline practices that can be integrated into program design, development, and evaluation. Visit our Good Youth Work Practices section to learn more!

This Evidence Brief summarizes current research on evidence-based approaches to community violence prevention for youth, focusing on community implementation of the Comprehensive Gang Model and exploring how the model can be adapted through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens.

The Comprehensive Gang Model offers a structured framework for communities to prevent, intervene in, and suppress community violence through coordinated, cross-sector services for youth. However, the model has been critiqued for lacking explicit attention to race, class, and systemic inequity. Programs serving racialized youth should consider integrating youth-informed and culturally responsive practices alongside the Comprehensive Gang Model to best meet the needs of racialized youth.